About Us
The USS Patrick Gallagher Commissioning Committee is a subgroup of the Tri-State Sea Services Support Team which is a is a nonprofit corporation organized and operated exclusively to develop and execute a fundraising strategy that will permit identifying and collecting funding sources to provide for the Commissioning of the USS Patrick Gallagher and any other purposes related to that and within the meaning of section 501[c] [3] of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or the corresponding provision of any future United States Internal Revenue Law.
About the Ship
The PATRICK GALLAGHER is the last Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-Class guided missile destroyer in the fleet and is slated to be homeported in Norfolk, VA. DDG 127 is getting her finishing touches under NAVSEA direction at Bath Iron Works located in Bath, ME.
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About Lance Corporal Patrick Gallagher, USMC (1944-67)
Cpl Patrick “Bob” Gallagher, was a distinguished Marine who fought bravely in the Vietnam War. As an Irish citizen, from County Mayo, he moved to the United States and was drafted to serve in the United States Marine Corps. During the summer of 1966, he saved his fellow Marines from two grenades by kicking away one and jumping on the other. Cpl Patrick Gallagher survived this attack and was awarded the Navy Cross for his heroic actions. Near the end of his deployment in March of 1967, he volunteered for a patrol to provide security for local farmers under threat of attack from the Viet Cong. Unfortunately, his team was ambushed and he ultimately lost his life along with seven others. A common saying in the Gallagher family was “Life is for living, be brave and be bold.”
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